Powder pad and casing



owDER PAD AND cAsING Filed Aug. l5. 1930 Patented July 14, 1931 UNT STFS tsl/iam CHARLES F. EVANS, F NEW YR'KA, IT. Y.

PONDFR PAD AND CASNG Application filed August 15,-1930.

This invention relates to devices for applying finely, comminuted substances to surfaces, such for instance as cosmetics, rouges and powders in the form of a dust, and generally known as powder puffs.

Such devices are extensively in vogue by women and consist usually of a soft cushioned pad to which the powder adheres while being transferred from the receptacle to the place of application, the pad, after use, being car-l ried within some form of container amongst other toile-t articles.

Frequently such containers are quite stiff, always bulky and do not lit the pad so closely as to completely prevent line particles, when loosened from the pad, from escaping, entailing not only loss of the powder, but rendering neighboring articles unclean by reason of depositing powder on them.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a pad of the utmost flexibility and unusual symmetry, having a uniformly smooth peripheral edge, one side being of a. soft material adapted to receive and retain any powdered substance and the other side of a yielding nature and containing an opening through which cushioning material may be entered, the opening also serving as a means by which the device is inverted after finish seaming the edge around its entire circumference.

A further feature is in the provision of an elastic casing of integral construction adapted to completely and closely envelop the pad, except for a central opening in one side, through which the'pad may be entered or removed.

Another aim is to produce a pad and casing, attractive in appearance, inexpensive to 40 manufacture, compact in body and non-leaking in operation. l

These several advantageous objects are accomplished by the novel design, construction and combination of few and simple parts as hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, constituting a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention looking from the 59 upper side thereon Serial No. 475,476.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a partial sectional, partial edge view of the pad in detail.

Figure l is a transverse sectional View of the pad elements after stitching their edges.

The pad is composed of a sheet 10, preferably circular, yof woven textile fabric, such as velvet or other like material having a pile surface 11 on one side and `smooth on the other.

A similarly shaped sheet 12 of elastic maf terial, as rubber, is attached to the pile fabric by a marginal row of stitches 13 extending uninterruptedly around the entire periphery of these elements, the fine brush lilefpile 11 being disposed adjacent the rubber when the two parts are sewn together, and preferably the woven fabricis loosely bulged asyseen in Fig. t. The element 12 is provided with a central circular aperture 14 and after the pile fabric has been stitched, the edges are inturned and drawn completely through the opening 14, tov reverse the position of the surfaces, presenting the pile outwardly as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

This operation of turning the pad inside out is easily accomplished, due to the softness of the fabric 10 and ready yielding of the rubber 12.

The aperture 141 is further used in filling the space between the elements 10p-12 with any preferred cushioning material 15 as slightly Vmatted `cotton fibers, known as cotton bats, preferably die cut into a circular disc of dimensions suited to the interior of the pad.

The pad, now in the condition shown in Fig.` 3 is ready for use in a well known manner, as by dipping the pile surface into a powder so as to adhere, and then using the charged pad as needed.

When the powdering operation has been completed it is desirable to protect the pad from becoming soiled and also to prevent loose particles of the powder adhering to the fabric, from being dispensed undesirably.

This is accomplished by a poncho-r casing,

@thermes Sil highly elastic and flexible material, as rubber, composed of essentially flat top and bottom members, respectively 16 and 17, integrally connected by an arcuately rounded 5 edge 18 into which they smoothly blend, as

seen in Figs. 1 and 2.

The top 16 contains a central circular opening 19 of lesser diameter than the pad, readily stretched to permit the entrance and removal of the pad, whereby it is enveloped, and due to the intimate Contact of the rubber surfaces 12 and 16, no loose powder can escape.

The compact fiat shape, extreme flexibil- 15 ity, ease of operation and low cost of construction are manifest, but it will be understood that minor modications, changes in sizes and proportions, and material may be resorted to as may fall within the scope and spirit of the invention as denoted by the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention and set forth the manner of its construction and application, what is claimed as new and sought t0 secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A powder pad comprising a pile fabric under element, a rubber upper element having a central opening, an uninterrupted internal seam connecting said elements, and

cushioning material disposed between said elements.

2. A powder pad comprising a woven pile fabric under element, the pile being disposed outwardly, an elastic upper element having a central opening, said elements having an uninterrupted row of internal stitches there` between, and a fibrous cushion pad interposed between said members.

3. A powder pad comprising a woven tex? 49 tile fabric element having a powder adherent face, a highly elastic element, a continuous internal seam connecting said elements, a cushion interposed between said elements, and an integral casing of highly elastic mate- 15 rial completely enveloping said pad, said casing having an opening in one side through which the pad may be passed.

4. A casing for powder pads comprising a unitary highly flexible fiat rubber pouch 5U lia-ving walls of uniform thickness throughout, and provided with a central circular opening in one of its fiat circular sides substantially one half the full diameter of the pouch. Y 5 In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

CHARLES P. EVANS. 

